SLOW RETURN
“Three decades after a completely chaotic implosion, Slow roars back into action,” writes Adrian Mack in the Georgia Straight. Classic 1986 album, Against the Glass, available via bandcamp. Band performing at the Fox Cabaret on Dec. 1 and 2 as well as the Party in the Paddock festival in Tasmania on Feb. 8, 2018. “Have Not Been the Same”: youtube.com/watch?v=dD0xeHKAPOA.
SERGE GAINSBOURG
“Requiem Pour Un Con” 1968 Philips 7” from soundtrack for film Le Pacha de Georges Lautner avec Jean Gabin: youtube.com/watch?v=ELxr5asAe-4.
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
“Rest,” title track from new album: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=QtB5jC9_kc4.
JON HASSELL
Reissue of 1981 album: Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Volume Two, recorded at Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, with Brian Eno, Michael Brook and Bob and Daniel Lanois: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuKds0rANRI.
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
Canadian actor to replace Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott film All the Money in the World. Plummer’s scenes are being added into already finished film scheduled for Christmas release starring Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg. Trailer for the film based on the book, Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty: youtube.com/watch?v=6x62O8A8qHw. Clip from The Silent Partner, Plummer made in 1978 with Elliott Gould for West Vancouver film director Daryl Duke: youtube.com/watch?v=zS5ipcHbgOk.
JACKIE SHANE
Toronto R&B circa 1965 “Walking the Dog”: youtube.com/watch?v=yUYW2iwimBw. New box set, Any Other Way, documents story of TO soul singer and transgender music pioneer Jackie Shane: pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jackie-shane-any-other-way.
IBEYI
French-Cuban twins Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, Ibeyi, performing at the Commodore on Nov. 15. “Away, Away”: youtube.com/watch?v=erI1UfVUGTk.
ASHLEY MCBRYDE
Opening for Luke Combs at the Commodore on April 23, 2018. Tickets go on sale Nov. 17. “A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega”: youtube.com/watch?v=WI7YCYR4EyM.
RICHARD HELL
New York City punk icon featured in a Times’ Show Us Your Wall column, “Forsaking the Punk Clubs of His Youth for a Well-Stocked Library”: nytimes.com/2017/11/07/arts/forsaking-the-punk-clubs-of-his-youth-for-a-well-stocked-library.html.
ANGEL OLSEN
“Special” from Phases out today on Jagjaguwar: youtube.com/watch?v=wLvIOzIqljc.
